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Saint Louis University Mental Status (SLUMS) Examination
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History and guide
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Original: Tariq et al. (2006), http://www.pubmed.gov/17068312.

Scoring:

- High school education

  - 27–30: normal

  - 21–26: mild cognitive impairment

  - 1–20: dementia

- Less than high school education

  - 25–30: normal

  - 20–24: mild cognitive impairment

  - 1–19: dementia

Source
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http://aging.slu.edu/index.php?page=saint-louis-university-mental-status-slums-exam

Intellectual property rights
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Public domain.

- “the Saint Louis University Mental Status (SLUMS) cognitive assessment tool
  [is] in the public domain” (Newman & Feldman, 2011, “Copyright and Open
  Access at the Bedside”, NEJM 365:2247, https://www.pubmed.gov/22204721,
  http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1110652